Escaped inmate from Georgia prison is recaptured in Miami a day later

A convicted drug trafficker made it all the way from Augusta, Georgia, to Miami, Florida, before the escaped prisoner was recaptured.

Raul Eduardo Prado, 63, was serving a 25-year sentence at the Richmond County Correctional Institution for trafficking marijuana before he walked away from the Central Services Treatment Plant on Monday.

Prado, who was the subject of a statewide manhunt was recaptured by U.S. Marshals, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Late Monday, the Georgia Department of Corrections warned everyone to be on the lookout for the 6-foot tall prisoner who weighs about 180 pounds.

This isn't the first time Prado fled Georgia.

According to a Feb. 2012 news report, Prado skipped out on his trial in Lawrenceville and was later arrested in Texas where he was armed with handguns and believed to have been looking for a witness against him.

He began his current sentence in January 2013, according to prison records.

This story was originally published May 8, 2018 at 6:31 AM with the headline "Escaped inmate from Georgia prison is recaptured in Miami a day later."